Gusu en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- go͞o′so͞o′
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū).
Meanings
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A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown.
Residents line up at a nucleic acid testing site during the fifth round of mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gusu district of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China February 24, 2022.
2022 March 11, Roxanne Liu, Ryan Woo, Beijing Newsroom, “China allows COVID antigen self-test kits for public as cases hit two-year high”, in Barbara Lewis, Frank Jack Daniel, editors, Reuters, archived from the original on 13 Mar 2022, China:
- Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou
- (historical) The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou
- (literary, metonymically) Modern Suzhou itself
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ku-su | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Gusushan · Gusu Shan · Gusu District · Mount Gusu · Suzhou & numerous others
Translations (2)
cmn 姑蘇 /姑苏 (district) · yue 姑蘇 /姑苏 (district)